Lincoln County, ME jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lincoln County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

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Lincoln County economy

3.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.7% the month before
16,838
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
35,840
people in Lincoln County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$72,026
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lincoln County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 2.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.1%, up 0.4 points from a year ago

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Lincoln County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Lincoln County in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lincoln County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Maine? How to file for unemployment in Maine (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Coastal Counties Workforce Board
Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Maine’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Maine unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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